#tish

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly? ↗

— Neil Innes

#come #did #does #get #good

I have a fetish for damsels in distress.” “Don’t be sexist.” “Not at all. My services are also available to gentlemen in distress. It’s an equal opportunity fetish. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fetish #sebastian-verlac #equality

Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#accustomed #british #early #few #force

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#brigades #british #civilian #forces #had

My husband doesn't know what my songs are about - even when they're about him. He's very British in that way. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't want to be told. ↗

— Tori Amos

#ask #british #even #him #husband

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#anybody #anyway #battle #because #blair

Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool. ↗

— Andre Benjamin

#carry #cool #could #guys #how

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. ↗

— Tony Benn

#house #lords #outer #politicians #retired

I still read the British papers, but I've never been a Royalist, ever. It's funny, there always seems to be much more of a fascination with the Royal Family over here then there does in England. ↗

— Paul Bettany

#been #british #does #england #ever

It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America. ↗

— Paul Bettany

#baddies #because #british #go #here